Poor Dietary Practices as Determinants of Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women in Ilorin South, Nigeria

Kamalud-deen Adekunle UTHMAN; Hussein Abiodun MAHADASI; Bashirat Omolola SULAIMAN; Folajimi Ajibola AJAYI; Ken Clerk EREKAKE

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Kamalud-deen Adekunle UTHMAN University of Ilorin, Nigeria Author
Hussein Abiodun MAHADASI university of Ilorin, Nigeria Author
Bashirat Omolola SULAIMAN University of Ilorin, Nigeria Author
Folajimi Ajibola AJAYI University of Ilorin, Nigeria Author
Ken Clerk EREKAKE University of Ilorin, Nigeria Author

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Dietary Practices, Pregnancy Outcomes, Premature Birth, Still Birth, Maternal Mortality

Abstract

Dietary practices, which include the inadequate intake of essential nutrients, poor meal planning, and limited dietary diversity, can affect the nutritional needs of pregnant women. The increasing nutritional needs of pregnant women target the development of their foetuses and poor practices could be associated with poor pregnancy outcomes. This study investigated poor dietary practices as determinants of pregnancy outcomes among women in Ilorin South LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study Multistage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 198 respondents. A self-developed questionnaire which was face and content validated by three experts was used for data collection. Instrument’s reliability was established using split-half method and was subjected to Spearman Ranking Correlation which generated 0.76 correlation coefficient. The collected data was analysed using chi-square at 0.05 alpha level. The findings indicated that premature birth (χ²_(9,198) = 127.24,0.00), maternal mortality (χ²_(9,198) = 143.61,0.00) and still births (χ²_(9,198) = 219.704,0.00) were predominant outcomes of poor dietary practices during pregnancy among women. It was recommended that community health educators should enlighten pregnant women on the importance of maintaining proper dietary intake to avoid adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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Poor Dietary Practices as Determinants of Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women in Ilorin South, Nigeria

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